Hongtao Sun

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Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Dr. Sun's research lies at the intersection of energy science, functional materials, and advanced manufacturing. The focus of his lab at Penn State is on co-designing materials, structures, and manufacturing processes across hierarchical length scales, particularly advancing in energy conversion and storage, thermal management, sensing, and detections.

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Recent Publications

Versatile potassium vanadium fluorophosphate (KVPO4F) composites as Dual-Function cathode and anode materials for Potassium-Ion hybrid capacitors

Cai, J., Ding, Y., Bai, R., Zhang, C., Zhang, X., Sun, H. & Wang, G., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Colloid And Interface Science. 651, p. 534-543 10 p.

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Van der waals epitaxial growth of mixed-dimensional 1D/2D heterostructures with tellurium nanowires and transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for nonlinear optical applications

Hao, G., Xiao, J., Hao, Y., Zhou, G., Zhu, H., Gao, H., Xu, Z., Zhao, Z., Miao, L., Li, J., Sun, H. & Zhao, C., May 2023, In: Materials Today Physics. 34, 101069.

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Atomic iron on porous graphene films for catalyzing the VO2+/VO2+ redox couple in vanadium redox flow batteries

Huang, J., He, G., Huang, K., Yan, M., Zhao, Z., Sun, H., Ye, G. & Fei, H., Jun 2023, In: Materials Today Physics. 35, 101117.

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Enhanced potassium-ion storage performance of bimetallic-sulfide based on regulatory reaction mechanism

Li, S., Chen, H., Zhang, Q., Deng, H., Chen, S., Shen, X., Yuan, Y., Ding, Y., Cheng, Y., Sun, H., Zhu, J. & Lu, B., Jun 15 2023, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 466, 143342.

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Alignment does matter: Design thick electrodes to improve the comprehensive lithium storage performance

Nie, B., Li, M., Yao, T., Yang, H., Duan, L., Zhang, J., Xin, G., Liu, T., Sun, H. & Lian, J., Mar 25 2023, In: Carbon. 206, p. 105-113 9 p.

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Cold sintering-enabled interface engineering of composites for solid-state batteries

Nie, B., Liu, T., Alcoutlabi, M., Basu, S., Kumara, S., Li, M., Lian, J. & Sun, H., 2023, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 11, 1149103.

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Regulating the size and assembled structure of graphene building blocks for high-performance silicon nanocomposite anodes

Nie, B., Sanchez, D., Alcoutlabi, M., Liu, T., Basu, S., Kumara, S., Wang, G. & Sun, H., Jul 14 2023, In: Energy Advances. 2, 9, p. 1381-1389 9 p.

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The Active Sites and Corresponding Stability Challenges of the M-N-C Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Peng, R., Zhao, Z., Sun, H., Yang, Y., Song, T., Yang, Y., Shao, J., Jin, H., Sun, H. & Zhao, Z., Mar 15 2023, In: Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41, 6, p. 710-724 15 p.

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Dual-strategy coupling driven versatile carbon-based anode for potassium-ion/potassium metal storage

Shen, X., Sun, H., Li, B., Yuan, Y., Zhang, L., Li, S., Wang, L., Lu, B., Zhu, J. & Duan, X., Oct 1 2023, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 473, 145155.

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Microenvironment engineering for guiding spatially and epitaxially uniform lithium plating in lithium metal batteries

Shen, X., Zhang, J., Chen, H., Sun, H., Zhang, L., Li, B., Zhang, H., Li, X., Li, S., Zhu, J. & Duan, X., Aug 2023, In: Energy Storage Materials. 61, 102878.

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Editorial: Interface and structure designs of electrode materials for advanced electrochemical energy storage

Sun, H., Liang, J. & Zhu, J., 2023, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 11, 1184606.

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Lithiophilic montmorillonite as a robust substrate toward high-stable lithium metal anodes

Wang, M., Li, Y., Li, S. Y., Jia, X. X., Nie, B., Sun, H. T., Wang, Y. Y. & Zhu, J., Jul 2023, In: Rare Metals. 42, 7, p. 2157-2165 9 p.

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Microwave-regulated Bi nanoparticles on carbon nanotube networks as a freestanding electrode for flexible sodium-ion capacitors

Wang, Y., Ding, Y., Gao, J., Zhang, X., Sun, H. & Wang, G., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Colloid And Interface Science. 643, p. 420-427 8 p.

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MOF-derived 3D interconnected amorphous carbon nanowire networks for robust lithium storage

Wang, K., Sun, J., Yang, H., Zhang, Y., Zhong, X., Song, Y., Hou, F., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, H., Zhu, J., Sun, H. & Liang, J., Jan 15 2023, In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 348, 112388.

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Process Monitoring: Distinguishing Defect Shapes by Strain Field Signatures

Basu, S., McComb, C. C., Rifat, M., Sun, H. & Kumara, S., Sep 2022, In: Manufacturing Letters. 33, p. 808-816 9 p.

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